14 bills have been withdrawn by the prime sponsor so far this session

Joint Rule 6B-1.1 of the SD legislature allows the prime sponsor of a bill to withdraw that bill before it is taken up by committee. So far this legislative session there have been 14 bills withdrawn before they were taken up in committee. Personally I can think of at least a hundred more this session that should have joined this list………

HB 1075 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Provide for off-road vehicle trails, to establish a fund to create and maintain the trails, and to provide a penalty therefor.

Rep Steve Hickey (R, Dist 9) and Sen Blake Curd (R, Dist 12) were the prime sponsors. This one might have been an interesting one to listen to the testimony on. Not sure if this should be a priority for GFP right now though…

HB 1087 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Authorize trust protectors to be a party to a legal action to remove trustees or pursue legal action for and on behalf of trusts.

Sen Billie Sutton (D, Dist 21) and Sen Jim Peterson (D, Dist 4) were the prime sponsors. This bill had been submitted on behalf of the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force.

SB 83 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Authorize a board of county commissioners to designate certain section line roads and secondary roads as no maintenance and to revise certain provisions to vacate, change, or locate a highway by a board of county commissioners.

Sen Bob Ewing (R, Dist 31) and Rep Timothy Johns (R, Dist 31) were the prime sponsors. I’m curious as to why this one was withdrawn. There is a similar bill for townships that was not withdrawn.

SB 164 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Require students to take a civics test to demonstrate knowledge of United States history and government.

Sen Phil Jensen – (R, Dist 33) and Rep Don Haggar (R, Dist 10) were the prime sponsors. I’m glad this was withdrawn. Sadly many of those sponsoring this bill also fight against common core and its mandates on education…

I see Justin Cronin bailed out. It doesn’t surprise me. Even his fellow republican, Corey Brown thought he wasn’t well qualified. But what the hell, he is a Republican. That is all it takes to get elected in District 23. Brown isn’t that honest himself. He looked me in the eye and lied to me. Well, that is politics i guess.

Merlyn Schutterle

February 6, 2015 at 4:05 pm

It is interesting to see how many bills were sponsored by Republicans and how few were Democrats.

I think overall there are some Republican legislators that have singly sponsored more bills than all of the Democrats combined.

Merlyn Schutterle

February 6, 2015 at 5:38 pm

I see my Senator, Corey Brown has some legislature that will require more signatures to get on the ballot. That lying SOB has his eye on the governor’s office. Well, he knows how to lie so he is well qualified.